The deployment of troops on our border is a relatively new phenomenon. It is one that is unprecedented, and it represents an unnecessary militarization toward what should be seen as a humanitarian crisis. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to…

I think it is important that we clarify that in order to have a humane immigration system, we do not require militarization or cruelty to children. Asking that children not be caged and asking that human beings' rights--human rights--be…

I present an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle E of title 10 the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR…

I think it is important for us to clarify when we talk about ``unaccompanied children'' whom the administration is labeling an ``unaccompanied child.'' If a child comes with their grandmother, they are deemed unaccompanied. If the child…

These policies have created the humanitarian crisis and a moral one.

Seeking asylum is legal.

We need policy change.

There is no need for us to arrest innocent people and treat them no differently than criminals.

So we, as members of the United Nations, signed on into an international human rights agreement, saying very clearly that family separation is a violation of international human rights, and then we pursued a policy that violates human…

It is unnecessary to separate children from their families.

This is a manufactured crisis because cruelty--because the cruelty is manufactured.

This is not about resources. And to prove it, one only needs to look at what El Paso, Texas, has done without any.